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chisel² [čízl] prehodni glagol
izsekati, (iz)klesati, izdelati
figurativno (out of za) opehariti

pogovorno to chisel in vmešavati se
to chisel off z dletom odsekati

chock² [čɔk] prehodni glagol
zagozditi

to chock up zamašiti, natrpati; zagraditi

choice¹ [čɔis] samostalnik
izbira, izbor; alternativa (of)
najboljše, cvet, elita

Hobson's choice, choice of evils nobena izbira
choice of everything najboljše, kar se dobi
ameriško, sleng I am choice of it mnogo mi je do tega
for choice, by choice prvenstveno, najraje
a wide (poor) choice velika (majhna) izbira
to take (ali make) one's choice izb(i)rati si
I have no choice but to moram, prisiljen sem
at your choice kakor želite
the choice is (ali lies) with you ti se moraš odločiti
a good choice bogata izbira

choky¹ [čóuki] pridevnik (chokily prislov)
dušljiv; ki lovi sapo

to feel choky dušiti se (od čustva)

choose^* [ču:z]

1. prehodni glagol (between)
izbrati, izbirati, izvoliti si; hoteti; raje imeti

2. neprehodni glagol (between)
imeti na izbiro; blagovoliti

there is not much to choose between them oba sta enaka
I cannot choose but nujno moram, prisiljen sem, ne morem si kaj, da ne bi
to pick and choose skrbno izbirati

chop² [čɔp]

1. prehodni glagol
menjati, spreminjati

2. neprehodni glagol
spreminjati se

to chop and change kolebati, omahovati

chord [kɔ:d] samostalnik
struna
glasba akord, sozvočje; tetiva

anatomija vocal chord glasilka
spinal chord hrbtni mozeg
to touch the right chord zadeti pravo struno
to strike up a familiar chord obujati spomine
common chord trozvok
minor chord molov akord

chorus¹ [kɔ́:rəs] samostalnik
zbor; pripev, refren

to swell the chorus priključiti se večini
to sing in chorus v zboru peti

chronicle² [krɔ́nikl] prehodni glagol
zapis(ov)ati, zaznamovati

pogovorno to chronicle small beer zapisati vsako malenkost

chuck⁴ [čʌk] samostalnik
metanje; lahek udarec, trepljanje
sleng zapuščanje; odpust

to give s.o. the chuck odpustiti, spoditi koga; pretrgati stike s kom

chuck⁵ [čʌk] prehodni glagol
po vratu božati, (po)trepljati
domačno ven vreči, na cedilu pustiti

to chuck one's weight about domišljavo se vesti
sleng chuck it! nehaj, dovolj je tega!

chuckle¹ [čʌ́kl] neprehodni glagol (at, over)
veseliti se; hihitati se, smehljati se

to chuckle up one's sleeve v pest se smejati

chum² [čʌm] neprehodni glagol
pogovorno (with) stanovati v isti sobi

to chum up with (ali together) sprijateljiti se, biti s kom zelo zaupen

chunk² [čʌŋk] neprehodni glagol
ropotati, brneti, bobneti
ameriško, pogovorno vreči, metati; oditi, izstopiti

to chunk up naložiti (kurivo na ogenj)

church¹ [čə:č] samostalnik
cerkev; verniki; duhovniki; cerkveni obredi

to go to church iti k maši
to be at church biti v cerkvi
to attend church redno hoditi v cerkev
the Church of England anglikanska cerkev
to go into (ali enter) the Church postati duhovnik
established church državna cerkev
to ask people in church oklicati (pred cerkveno poroko)
as poor as a church mouse reven ko cerkvena miš
church preferment cerkvena nadarbina, prebenda

churn² [čə:n]

1. prehodni glagol
umesti, stepati, mešati, pinjiti, peniti

2. neprehodni glagol
peniti se, vzkipeti

to churn into butter umesti smetano v maslo

ciceróne (vodnik za tujce) cicerone, pl -ni

biti komu za ciceróna to act as cicerone for someone

cigánski gipsy; gipsy-like; Bohemian; (madžarski cigánsk$) tzigane

cigánska godba gipsy band
cigánski orkester gipsy orchestra
cigánski voz gipsy caravan (ali van ali wagon)
cigánsko živeti to live like a gipsy, (redko) to gipsy

cígára cigar

lahka (močna) cígára light (strong) cigar
etui (odrezilnik, ustnik) za cígáre cigar case (cigar cutter, cigar holder)
prižgati cígáro to light a cigar